In 1999, he received the Orpheus Award from Phi Mu Alpha for, “significant and lasting contributions to the cause of Music in America,” and the Virginia Music Educator of the Year Award from the Virginia Music Educators Association. In 1998, Professor Zeisler was awarded membership in the prestigious American Bandmasters Association. He was on the faculty of Blue Lake Fine Arts Camp in Michigan, where he was principal clarinetist of the faculty orchestra, conductor of faculty and staff ensembles, and on the international conducting staff. Zeisler had his New York debut in Carnegie Recital Hall in May 1974 and has performed at three International Clarinet Society Conferences. Smith, and clarinet soloist with the United States Military Academy Band at West Point. He was solo clarinetist of the Detroit Concert Band, under the direction of Dr. from the University of Michigan, where he was solo clarinetist of the Symphony Band, under the direction of Dr. Professor Zeisler has a B.M., B.M.E., and M.M. While serving as former Chair for fifteen years, he led the steady growth of the Old Dominion University Music Department at the undergraduate and graduate levels.

They have recorded for TRN Music Publishers and Frank Erickson Publications and recently been featured in concerts at Carnegie Hall and the Kennedy Center. Under his direction, the Old Dominion University Wind Ensemble has developed into a premiere performing ensemble. ZEISLER has been on the faculty of Old Do-minion University in Norfolk, Virginia for more than three decades, serving as Director of Bands, Professor of Clarinet and Saxophone, and Chairman of the Music Department.

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